Honors
Bearss has received a number of awards and honors in the field of history and preservation:
- Bruce Catton Award
- Alvin Calman Award
- Bell I. Wiley Award
- T. Harry Williams Award
- Man of the Year at Vicksburg in 1963
- Harry S. Truman Award for Meritorious Service in the field of Civil War History
- Fellow of the Company of Military Historians
- Distinguished Service Award from the Department of Interior in 1983
- Commendation from the Secretary of the Army in 1985
- The Civil War Preservation Trust created the Ed Bearss Award for achievements in historic preservation and made him the first recipient in 2001
- Texas Star Award from the Texas Civil War Preservation Seminar in 2002
- T. Harry Gatton Award, Raleigh Civil War Roundtable in 2008
- A portrait bust of Bearss by Arthur Downey, a Washington, D.C., artist, was unveiled near the USS Cairo in the Vicksburg National Military Park on October 3, 2009.
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